The latest bulletin from the BTO on migrant Cuckoos has arrived with news of the one I sponsor, Valentine.
Since our last update our Cuckoos have been making steady progress towards their wintering grounds. Valentine is leading the way, having passed through Cameroon, Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo, he is now in northern Angola. He is now only approximately 130 km (80 miles) north of his wintering location in 2019. Last year he arrived here on December 5 so he is a little ahead of schedule this year. If conditions are good, he may well stay in this area until late February/early March.
Nearer home the Horse Chestnut outside my bedroom window has produced a record crop, the best in the last forty years, despite the extensive damage to the foliage from the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner and a fungus infection.
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